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Food Critic

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In this story, a food critic named Roni visits three Tel Aviv restaurants in one evening and writes honest, sometimes brutal, assessments of each one.

roniרוֹנִיRoni
avadעָבַדworked
ke'mevakerכְּמְבַקֵּרas a critic
mis'adotמִסְעָדוֹתrestaurants
kvarכְּבָרalready
sheshשֵׁשׁsix
shanimשָׁנִיםyears
ve'zeוְזֶהand this
omerאוֹמֵרmeans
she'huשֶׁהוּאthat he
achalאָכַלate
harbeהַרְבֵּהa lot of
aruchotאֲרוּחוֹתmeals
ra'otרָעוֹתbad (f. pl.)
alעַלon
cheshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןaccount
ha'itonהָעִיתּוֹןthe newspaper

Roni worked as a restaurant critic for six years already, and that means he ate many bad meals at the newspaper's expense.

shishiשִׁישִׁיFriday
ba'laylaבַּלַּיְלָהat night
huהוּאhe
halachהָלַךְwent
le'shaloshלְשָׁלוֹשׁto three
mis'adotמִסְעָדוֹתrestaurants
be'telבְּתֵלin Tel
avivאָבִיבAviv
ve'rashamוְרָשַׁםand wrote
hakolהַכֹּלeverything
be'machberetבְּמַחְבֶּרֶתin a notebook
ktanaקְטַנָּהsmall (f.)
she'loשֶׁלֹּאthat not
hotziהוֹצִיאtook out
me'ha'kisמֵהַכִּיסfrom the pocket
lifneiלִפְנֵיbefore
she'yatzaשֶׁיָּצָאthat he left

On Friday night he went to three restaurants in Tel Aviv and wrote everything in a small notebook that he didn't take out of his pocket before he left.

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